News in Brief, p.1
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News in Brief, p.1
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"Mr. Bryan had much to say of 'imperialism', on 'Emperor' and the abolition of the Fourth of July. Yet he was the first to inaugurate and maintain a supreme dictatorship over an American political organization.
If the 15 to 1 proposition is not an issue why was it placed in the Kansas City platform? If that plank is dishonest and doesn’t mean what it says what must the public think of the remainder of the structure.
The platform of the Kentucky Democrats makes them accessories after the fact.
Ex-Senator Groman boldly proclaimed the other day that the Kansas City platform is “a well-written document.”. He declined, however to touch upon its hair-trigger contents.
Mr. Bryan made the platform upon which he desired to stand. The gentlemen who are trying to [ill.] its meaning by the “paramounting” process are acting wholly upon their own responsibility.
The Republican national platform declares in favor of legislation for the upbuilding of American shipping in the foreign trade. The Democratic National Platform opposes such legislation, and suggest no remedy for our present maritime decadence.
The Democratic attempt to haul down the Fourth of July will be every bit as popular and successful as the Democratic effort to haul down the flag in the Philippines.
Mr. Crocker has instructed the tammany orators to appeal to the young men. He evidently hopes to made headway with those who do not have to pay the ice bills.
“I was Democrat and a bolter in 1895," declares the Hon. Thomas M. Waller, of Connecticut, “and as the situation has not changed , I am a Democrat and bolter still.” The Democratic editors have devoted many columns to abject failures to answer this Connecticut Democrat.
The Hon. James M. Becks, of Philadelphia, one of the leading lawyers of that city, announces that “I am no longer a Democrat. I don’t believe in free silver, nor do I believe in hauling down the flag in the Philippines.” It must be conceded that Mr. Beck has executed a very intelligent and business-like exit from the party of Bryan and Aguinaldo.
Those Democrats who control the party machinery favor the registry of foreign built (chiefly British) ships as a remedy for our present insignificant merchant marine in the foreign trade; but they did not have the courage to so declare in their National platform, so they contended themselves by opposing the only bill that has any chance of passing in Congress for the upbuilding of our merchant marine.
Some of Mr. Bryan’s injudicious friends are trying to show that is support of the Paris treaty, like his 16 to 1 plank in the Kansas City platform, didn’t mean anything. Mr. Bryan’s friends should step to one side and permit their candidate to appear as a candid man in some matters.
Mr. Crocker and Mr. Hill are so busy watching each other in New York this year that Mr. Bryan may have to send one of his Nebraska friends to look after his interest in that State.
A political party that puts forth a platform and then tries to explain that it doesn’t mean what is say naturally invites the suspicions of the voters.
A Boston judge fined a “divine healer” $1,500 the other day. Yet the orators who go about the country predicting the downfall of the Republic are not molested by the law.
In case Mr. Crocker fails to rally the young men of the Tammany Ice Trust. It has a business-like way of going after things.
The Hon. James Hamilton Lewis has been doing a little “paramounting” on his account, and announces that he holds the Administration responsible for the attitude of the Boxers.
The Republicans are thoroughly committed to the shipping bill now pending in Congress. Commanding the party’s support, it is the only measure that could be put through. Without proposing any remedy for lack of an American merchant marine the Democrats content themselves with merely opposing the pending shipping bill.
The Republican party had demonstrated that self government is not only possible, but honorable and full of glory. The leaders of today take council of the wisdom of the past. They are the distributors not the hoarders of liberty. They gave freedom to the Philippines which will best protect individual rights and guarantee the respect of other powers. This is the Imperlaism of true freedom, the royalty of justice, and will soon be recognized as the crowning glory of national achievement."
If the 15 to 1 proposition is not an issue why was it placed in the Kansas City platform? If that plank is dishonest and doesn’t mean what it says what must the public think of the remainder of the structure.
The platform of the Kentucky Democrats makes them accessories after the fact.
Ex-Senator Groman boldly proclaimed the other day that the Kansas City platform is “a well-written document.”. He declined, however to touch upon its hair-trigger contents.
Mr. Bryan made the platform upon which he desired to stand. The gentlemen who are trying to [ill.] its meaning by the “paramounting” process are acting wholly upon their own responsibility.
The Republican national platform declares in favor of legislation for the upbuilding of American shipping in the foreign trade. The Democratic National Platform opposes such legislation, and suggest no remedy for our present maritime decadence.
The Democratic attempt to haul down the Fourth of July will be every bit as popular and successful as the Democratic effort to haul down the flag in the Philippines.
Mr. Crocker has instructed the tammany orators to appeal to the young men. He evidently hopes to made headway with those who do not have to pay the ice bills.
“I was Democrat and a bolter in 1895," declares the Hon. Thomas M. Waller, of Connecticut, “and as the situation has not changed , I am a Democrat and bolter still.” The Democratic editors have devoted many columns to abject failures to answer this Connecticut Democrat.
The Hon. James M. Becks, of Philadelphia, one of the leading lawyers of that city, announces that “I am no longer a Democrat. I don’t believe in free silver, nor do I believe in hauling down the flag in the Philippines.” It must be conceded that Mr. Beck has executed a very intelligent and business-like exit from the party of Bryan and Aguinaldo.
Those Democrats who control the party machinery favor the registry of foreign built (chiefly British) ships as a remedy for our present insignificant merchant marine in the foreign trade; but they did not have the courage to so declare in their National platform, so they contended themselves by opposing the only bill that has any chance of passing in Congress for the upbuilding of our merchant marine.
Some of Mr. Bryan’s injudicious friends are trying to show that is support of the Paris treaty, like his 16 to 1 plank in the Kansas City platform, didn’t mean anything. Mr. Bryan’s friends should step to one side and permit their candidate to appear as a candid man in some matters.
Mr. Crocker and Mr. Hill are so busy watching each other in New York this year that Mr. Bryan may have to send one of his Nebraska friends to look after his interest in that State.
A political party that puts forth a platform and then tries to explain that it doesn’t mean what is say naturally invites the suspicions of the voters.
A Boston judge fined a “divine healer” $1,500 the other day. Yet the orators who go about the country predicting the downfall of the Republic are not molested by the law.
In case Mr. Crocker fails to rally the young men of the Tammany Ice Trust. It has a business-like way of going after things.
The Hon. James Hamilton Lewis has been doing a little “paramounting” on his account, and announces that he holds the Administration responsible for the attitude of the Boxers.
The Republicans are thoroughly committed to the shipping bill now pending in Congress. Commanding the party’s support, it is the only measure that could be put through. Without proposing any remedy for lack of an American merchant marine the Democrats content themselves with merely opposing the pending shipping bill.
The Republican party had demonstrated that self government is not only possible, but honorable and full of glory. The leaders of today take council of the wisdom of the past. They are the distributors not the hoarders of liberty. They gave freedom to the Philippines which will best protect individual rights and guarantee the respect of other powers. This is the Imperlaism of true freedom, the royalty of justice, and will soon be recognized as the crowning glory of national achievement."
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Washington Bee
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1900-8-11
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N/A, “News in Brief, p.1,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 29, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/113.